In 2020, Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party stood candidates in 23 seats and averaged 3.7% in the seats it contested. In 21 of those seats, the Party’s candidates polled higher than the United Australia Party’s (UAP’s) best result of 2.4%. The party polled an outstanding 5.5% in Bundaberg and Ipswich.
A big thank-you and also congratulations go out to the 23 candidates that ran in our first contested State Election, 2020. The candidates, the electorate and their final percentages were:
- Ian Zunker – Bundaberg 5.51%
- Ingrid Weber – Burleigh 3.67%
- Frank Jordan – Everton 2.58%
- Suzette Luyken – Gaven 3.91%
- Nigel Quinlan – Inala 2.49%
- Shelly Morton – Ipswich 5.52%
- Anthony Hopkins – Ipswich West 4.54%
- James Dockery – Keppel 2.66%
- Shaun Kristic – Mackay 4.38%
- Brendan Taylor – Mansfield 2.29%
- River Body – Maryborough 2.66%
- Paul Swann – McConnel 2.19%
- Deb Lynch – Mermaid Beach 3.99%
- Josip Zirdum – Miller 3.14%
- Clive Brazier – Mt Ommaney 3.23%
- Susan Jackson – Mundingburra 4.61%
- Maggie O’Rance – Nanango 4.16%
- Ryan Dryden – Pumicestone 4.23%
- Frank Brady – Redlands 3.47%
- Laura Barnard – Rockhampton 3.97%
- Debbie Waldron – Southern Downs 3.77%
- Nikolas Petersen – Toohey 3.70%
- Paul Hilder – Whitsunday 4.85%